biodegradable

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(lede) by everyone (3.3 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Sat Feb 12 2000 at 20:06:35

Capable of decomposing into harmless products;
as, a new generation of biodegradable plastics.
Greek bios (life) and Late Latin degradare (to reduce the rank of).

(thing) by BioTech (6.5 mon) (print) ? (I like it!) Thu Jun 27 2002 at 20:30:06

Able to be decomposed by natural biological processes, such as by being digested by bacteria or fungi.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

Inflatable, biodegradable counter-terrorist assault monkeys	styrofoam vs. paper	Make oil companies obsolete! Eat more french fries!	An irony of cosmic significance
Hash House Harriers	toxic chemicals	lobster pot	The styrofoam packing peanuts are going to eat me!
artificial womb	Flesh rots, metal rusts, stone erodes, digital is forever	American culture of fear	pure-castile soap
Pack it in, pack it out	Don't blow into someone's vagina	shrink-wrap	chewing gum
Dodecylbenzenesulfonic Acid	Simple Green	expatriate	triethanolamine
Thirsty Hermit	Don't litter, but go ahead and throw your cigarette butt on the ground	George Bannatyne	Cow

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